1. FLOOD_AID Preparation of aid worker teams to be deployed in the Hungarian-Romanian floodplain Agreement no. ECHO/SUB/2013/671449

3. Project area and pilot villages Gulács Dumbravita Turulung

5. The Problem: Upper floodplain of the Tisza-Mures: High and increasing flooding risk Transnational territory – different legislation, regulations and administrative set-up – different official languages Long tradition of working together in emergencies, but – need for civil society to efficiently support official disaster management structures – NGOs lack capacity and means – weak awareness of modern approaches in disaster management/prevention

6. The proposed solution (aim of the project): To train and equip a Hungarian-Romanian volunteer aid worker team, able to provide rapid response in support to official disaster management authorities To provide effective guidance to communities at risk, enhancing their ability to react and mitigate the effects of disasters.

7. Trained volunteer aid- worker team Develop and translate curriculum By June 2014 Hold 80-hour training course for 40 volunteers By January 2015 Hold joint field exercises By May 2015 Local intervention plans in 3 pilot villages Conduct risk assessments By June 2014 Complete family emergency plans By October 2014 Train local volunteers By July 2014 Equipment purchase By August 2014 Purchase of drying aggregators Purchase of tents Purchase of other equipment Train teams to use new equipment Project outputs and summarised activities

8. Proposed training curriculum: Introduction to disasters Coordination-cooperation, legal environment, human rights approach Rapid assessments, situation analysis Project design Psycho-social interventions Safety, security, first aid Administration, data protection, Sphere Disaster risk reduction

9. Cross-cutting outputs Communication with stakeholders Awareness-raising Publicity and dissemination of results Communication and publicity Day-to-day management Monitoring and reporting Elaboration of case study Management and reporting

10. Project structure HCSOM (NGO, Hungary) - coordinator Gulács municipality (LA, Hungary) Caritas Satu Mare (NGO, Romania) SAMR Baia Mare (NGO, Romania) – beneficiaries Turulung municipality (Satu Mare) (LA, Romania) Dumbravita municipality (Baia Mare) (LA, Romania) - associates Total budget (over 21 months): € 264,696

11. Continuation Partners will maintain a long-term institutional cooperation. Formal arrangements will be made for sharing the equipment among all when needed. N.B. 3 of the 4 partners employ a permanent civil protection specialist. The cross-border team will be kept operational and replenished. Further joint training and exercises will be undertaken regularly. The local emergency planning and volunteer training done in the 3 pilot villages will be scaled up as appropriate. Achievements and lessons learnt will be disseminated for wider application by other municipalities and NGOs of the sub-region.